Cappadocia In The Historic Periods 7

Cappadocia In The Historic Periods 7

Ottoman Period

The Region of Cappadocia was very peaceful also during the Ottoman Period. Nevsehir was a small village in the province of Nigde until the time of Damat Ibrahim Pasha. At the beginning of 18th century and especially during the time of Damat Ibrahim Pasha , places like Nevsehir, Gulsehir, Ozkonak, Avanos, Urgup prospered . Mosques were built and also kulliyes ( a collection of buildings of an institution, usually composed of schools, a mosque, mental institutions , hospital, kitchen, etc.) and fountains were built. The bridge in the center of town of Ozkonak, which was built during Yavuz Sultan Selim’s campaign to east (1514) is an important example of an early Ottoman Period building in the. province of Nevsehir.
The Christian people living in the area were treated with tolerance in the Ottoman Period as they had been in Seljuk Period. The 18th century church of  Constantine-Helena in Sinasos-Urgup,the 19th century built in honor of Dimitrius in Gulsehir and Orthodox Church in built in Derinkuyu during this same century as some of the best examples of this tolerance.